mr. kouts for five minutes. again your full statement is in the record and welcome. >> thank you pitcher chairman and members of the subcommittee. i'm christopher kouts director of the department of energy now defunct office of civilian radioactive waste management. i appreciate the invitation to appear before the subcommittee. i will focus myra marks and the recently released gal report that we discussed earlier by mr. cibrian administrations -- as background for 25 years i served in various technical and management positions in virtually every program area within the office. i became the principle that the tractor of the program in 2007 and was the acting director for january 2000 until i retired in early 2010 after 35 years of federal service. while serving in the program i was reminded on a daily basis of the formidable challenges given to the program by the nuclear waste policy act. as patient as those who follow the program it been over the years with its progressany new attempt to establ

mr. chris counts -- kouts. again, your full statement will be submitted for the record and you have five minutes. we will start with you, mr. hollis, and welcome. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and members of the committee. thank you again for the opportunity to testify about local support in nevada about yucca mountain. i am gary hollis and i am the chairman of the county board of commission in nye county. yucca mountain is within my county. this testimony reflects the views of the other four county commissioners as well. these are also the views of many political and local leaders in rural nevada. mr. chairman, we deeply appreciate that you, congressman green, and others took the time to visit him at the mountain and meet local people in nevada. as you learned, there are many of us who live next to yucca mountain to support the completion of the licensing process. most of us who live in the vicinity believe the decision should be made based on sound science. this can only happen if a full review by the nuclear re